Development

A Shameful Neglect

It's time to stop pretending that America's in Afghanistan to help women.

BY ANNA BADKHEN | MAY 31, 2013

Myanmar's Moment?

Eight reasons to be optimistic about Southeast Asia's rising tiger. 

BY HEANG CHHOR , RICHARD DOBBS | MAY 30, 2013

The World in 2030

The United Nations is vowing to end extreme poverty within our lifetimes. Here's why that might actually be realistic.

BY JOHN NORRIS | MAY 30, 2013

Development Shouldn't Give Democracy the Cold Shoulder

Why it’s time to include democracy in global development goals.

BY VIDAR HELGESEN | MAY 29, 2013

An Ambiguous Anniversary in Cambodia

So whatever happened to the most ambitious peacekeeping operation in history?

BY KAREN J. COATES | MAY 28, 2013

The Prickly Politics of Aid

Development aid is inherently political - and that's not a bad thing.

BY THOMAS CAROTHERS, DIANE DE GRAMONT | MAY 21, 2013

Food Fight

Why is the agricultural lobby so mad at Obama?

BY GORDON ADAMS | MAY 14, 2013

Think Again: Big Data

Why the rise of machines isn't all it's cracked up to be.

BY KATE CRAWFORD | MAY 9, 2013

No More Doing Business As Usual

Why World Bank President Jim Yong Kim is right to subject the Bank’s global business report to fresh scrutiny.

BY CHRISTINA CHANG | MAY 9, 2013

Russia Wasn't Built in a Day

Inside Moscow's ridiculous plan to redevelop a massive Soviet-era exhibition space.

BY PETER SAVODNIK | MAY 9, 2013

China: Year Zero

1979 and the birth of an economic miracle.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | MAY 7, 2013

Finally, Good News from Haiti

Haiti is no economic success story. But that may be about to change.

BY ROBERT LOONEY | MAY 3, 2013

8 Myths About India's Growth

On closer inspection, the Indian miracle turns out to be pretty ordinary after all.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | APRIL 29, 2013

The Case for Breaking Up Walmart

Sorry, Charles Kenny, but Walmart is hardly an ally of the world's poor.

BY BARRY C. LYNN | MAY/JUNE 2013

Into Africa

Believe the hype. Africa's rise is real.

BY MOHAMED A. EL-ERIAN | MAY/JUNE 2013

Springtime in Kabul

While the media obsessed over the missteps, Afghans were building a better future.

MAY/JUNE 2013

Freedom's March

History might not be ending, but democracy is still gaining ground.

MAY/JUNE 2013

Mission Creep

Charles Kenny is too quick to encourage people to give up their privacy.

MAY/JUNE 2013

It's Not Business As Usual At the World Bank

The improbable controversy over the World Bank's flagship business survey.

BY DALIBOR ROHAC, MARIAN L. TUPY | APRIL 26, 2013

Russia's Olympic City

Russia is pushing ahead with its projects for the 2014 Winter Olympics. But not everyone is happy.

BY ANNA NEMTSOVA | APRIL 11, 2013

The Gilded Cage of Asia

Why is the dictatorship of Kazakhstan getting such good PR?

BY JOSHUA FOUST | APRIL 11, 2013

Ten Questions for the New BRICS Bank

The great emerging markets want to start their own bank. But it doesn't seem like they've really thought it through.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | APRIL 9, 2013

Science Unfairness

The war on the pursuit of knowledge is starting to hurt America.

BY DANIEL ALTMAN | APRIL 8, 2013

The Millennium Development Goals Are Working

The world has made great strides in combating extreme poverty. But it’s time to set a new horizon.

BY JOHN PODESTA | APRIL 5, 2013

Mongolia's Growing Pains

Mongolia's blue skies may soon be darkening. A key challenge: Putting the mining companies in their place. 

BY PETER MURRELL | APRIL 5, 2013

Haiti's Inconvenient Truth

Was a U.N. diplomat pushed out of his position for airing Port-au-Prince's dirty laundry in public?

BY JONATHAN M. KATZ | APRIL 3, 2013

Make Way for the Hybrids

Yes, institutions are important. But institutions that actually work are even better.

BY MATT ANDREWS | APRIL 2, 2013

Beyond Business: Rethinking Microfinance

Banking can do more good for the poor than only helping entrepreneurs.

BY TIMOTHY OGDEN, JONATHAN MORDUCH | MARCH 28, 2013

Beggaring Thy Neighbors

Poorer countries no longer have rich ones to blame for inequalities in trade. Now they're the ones pulling the strings.

BY GREG RUSHFORD | MARCH 25, 2013

Egypt's Financial High Noon

Cairo needs to tackle its subsidy addiction. And yes, it’s not going to be easy.

BY ISOBEL COLEMAN | MARCH 21, 2013